Deadline: 30-Jan-23
The Rural Economic Development (RED) Grants offer up to $200,000 as a co-contribution grant to strengthen primary production sectors and bolster rural communities.
The RED Grants Scheme has invested more than $12 million over four funding rounds since 2018. An additional $3.9 million has been made available for a fifth funding round.
Funding Information
- Grants are available up to $200,000 as a co-contribution to be matched by applicants.
- An amount of up to $3,900,000 has been made available to fund grants under Round Five of the Scheme.
Eligible Projects
Example projects eligible under the scheme could include:
- improved business processes where such investment creates employment
- training costs and technical support that are project specific.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply for a grant if you are one of the following:
- a medium sized business
- an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981
- a cooperative registered under the Cooperatives Act 1997
- an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwlth)
- a primary producer
- an entity established to represent either:
- primary producers, or
- primary production enterprises
- a university in Queensland
- a tertiary education institution, or another institution or organisation that provides vocational training in Queensland
- a local government under the Local Government Act 2009
- a combination of the above.
- To be eligible applicants must also:
- be able provide an equal cash contribution to the grant requested
- have adequate experience or qualifications and have reasonable prospects of successfully carrying out the project
- demonstrate sound prospects for long term commercial viability
- have not received other government funding (local, state or federal) for the project activities
- have not previously received a Rural Economic Development Grant for a substantially similar project activity.
For more information, visit Queensland Government.